Abstract: Provided is a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet including a base steel sheet, an intermediate layer which is disposed in contact with the base steel sheet and mainly includes silicon oxide, and an insulation coating which is disposed in contact with the intermediate layer and mainly includes phosphate and colloidal silica, in which the base steel sheet contains predetermined chemical composition, BN having an average particle size of 50 to 300 nm is present, when an emission intensity of B is measured using glow discharge emission analysis, predetermined conditions are satisfied, and a ratio of a major axis to a minor axis of BN is 1.5 or less.

Abstract: With respect to a transforming method for execution by at least one computer, the transforming method includes transforming a first probability distribution on a space defined with respect to a hyperbolic space to a second probability distribution on the hyperbolic space.

Abstract: A magnetic bearing device comprises a controller configured to obtain magnetic levitation information of the rotor shaft by AD sampling of current detection signals from the plurality of current sensors and a sum signal obtained by adding the pair of current detection signals relating to the pair of electromagnets, and perform PWM control of the excitation amplifiers based on the magnetic levitation information. The controller performs PWM control so that a length of one of an on-duty period and an off-duty period of the PWM carrier signal is always longer than a predetermined time period based on an attenuation characteristic of a spike noise produced in the electromagnetic current, and performs the AD sampling after the predetermined time period passes from starting timing of one of the on-duty period and the off-duty period.

Abstract: An electromagnet has a core with a pair of magnetic poles, a primary coil wound around the core, and a series circuit of a first auxiliary coil wound around the first magnetic pole of the core, a second auxiliary coil wound around the second magnetic pole of the core, and capacitors, and is connected in parallel to the primary coil and the series circuit. The first and the second magnetic poles are each divided into a plurality of split magnetic poles. The first auxiliary coil is composed of a plurality of split auxiliary coils wound around the respective pole in the plurality of split magnetic poles of the first magnetic pole so that the mutual inductance with the primary coil becomes zero. The second auxiliary coil is composed of a plurality of split auxiliary coils wound around the respective pole in a plurality of split magnetic poles of the second magnetic pole so that the mutual inductance with the primary coil becomes zero.

Abstract: A turbomolecular pump device includes: a turbomolecular pump main body; a power unit that drives the turbomolecular pump main body; and a water cooling unit that is provided between the turbomolecular pump main body and the power unit, wherein components provided in a casing of the power unit are classified into an intensive cooling required component that requires intensive cooling, a moderate cooling required component that requires moderate cooling, and a no cooling required component that requires substantially no cooling, the intensive cooling required component is mounted on a first high-conductivity substrate contacting to the water cooling unit, the moderate cooling required component is mounted on a second high heat-conductive substrate contacting to an inner surface of the casing, and the no cooling required component is mounted on a substrate arranged in a space between the first high heat-conductive substrate and the second high heat-conductive substrate.

Abstract: A magnetic levitation type vacuum pump includes an electromagnet magnetically levitating a rotor by a magnetic force, an electromagnet driving circuit supplying an electromagnet current including a magnetic levitation control current component and a carrier wave current component having a frequency band higher than the magnetic levitation control current component to the electromagnet coil, a levitated position detecting circuit detecting the carrier wave current component and generating a levitated position signal of the rotor, a magnetic levitation control circuit inputting a current command of the magnetic levitation control current component to the electromagnet driving circuit based on the levitated position signal. The electromagnet coil has a primary coil and a secondary coil connected in parallel with the primary coil.

Abstract: An electromagnet has a core with a pair of magnetic poles, a primary coil wound around the core, and a series circuit of a first auxiliary coil wound around the first magnetic pole of the core, a second auxiliary coil wound around the second magnetic pole of the core, and capacitors, and is connected in parallel to the primary coil and the series circuit. The first and the second magnetic poles are each divided into a plurality of split magnetic poles. The first auxiliary coil is composed of a plurality of split auxiliary coils wound around the respective pole in the plurality of split magnetic poles of the first magnetic pole so that the mutual inductance with the primary coil becomes zero. The second auxiliary coil is composed of a plurality of split auxiliary coils wound around the respective pole in a plurality of split magnetic poles of the second magnetic pole so that the mutual inductance with the primary coil becomes zero.

Abstract: A magnetic bearing device comprises a controller configured to obtain magnetic levitation information of the rotor shaft by AD sampling of current detection signals from the plurality of current sensors and a sum signal obtained by adding the pair of current detection signals relating to the pair of electromagnets, and perform PWM control of the excitation amplifiers based on the magnetic levitation information. The controller performs PWM control so that a length of one of an on-duty period and an off-duty period of the PWM carrier signal is always longer than a predetermined time period based on an attenuation characteristic of a spike noise produced in the electromagnetic current, and performs the AD sampling after the predetermined time period passes from starting timing of one of the on-duty period and the off-duty period.

Abstract: A turbomolecular pump having a pump main unit having, at least, a rotary vein provided on a rotor, a static vein for working in cooperation with the rotary vein to perform a vacuum exhaust, and a motor for driving the rotor, comprising: a controlling device that includes a motor driving circuit for converting into thermal energy, in a regenerative braking resistance, the regenerative electric current that is produced at the time of regeneratively driving the motor; and a cooling device for cooling the controlling device. A rod-shape heating resistive element is used as the regenerative braking resistance, where this resistive heating element is routed along the inner peripheral surface of an end portion 14a of the controlling device case that contacts the cooling device.

Abstract: The provision of the components requiring cooling on top of the cooling mechanism enables the cooling efficiency to be increased. Furthermore, a case of a control device is attached to the cooling mechanism whereon the components requiring cooling are disposed. The cooling mechanism fulfills the role of the contact surface of the case of the control device with the turbomolecular pump main unit, where the case does not have a case panel on the contact surface with the turbomolecular pump main unit. The cooling mechanism fulfills the role of one surface of the case for the control device, where the cooling mechanism is structured integrally with the control device. Additionally, the turbomolecular pump main unit, the cooling mechanism, and the control device are structured integrally by the turbomolecular pump main unit and the cooling mechanism being in contact.

Abstract: A condensation sensor is provided within a power supply device that is provided integratedly with a vacuum pump main unit. When the condensation sensor detects condensation within the power supply device, a CPU closes a cooling water valve. This stops the flow of cooling water that flows through the interior of the power supply device, through a cooling water duct.

Abstract: A turbomolecular pump device includes: a turbomolecular pump main body; a power unit that drives the turbomolecular pump main body; and a water cooling unit that is provided between the turbomolecular pump main body and the power unit, wherein components provided in a casing of the power unit are classified into an intensive cooling required component that requires intensive cooling, a moderate cooling required component that requires moderate cooling, and a no cooling required component that requires substantially no cooling, the intensive cooling required component is mounted on a first high-conductivity substrate contacting to the water cooling unit, the moderate cooling required component is mounted on a second high heat-conductive substrate contacting to an inner surface of the casing, and the no cooling required component is mounted on a substrate arranged in a space between the first high heat-conductive substrate and the second high heat-conductive substrate.

Abstract: A condensation sensor is provided within a power supply device that is provided integratedly with a vacuum pump main unit. When the condensation sensor detects condensation within the power supply device, a CPU closes a cooling water valve. This stops the flow of cooling water that flows through the interior of the power supply device, through a cooling water duct.

Abstract: A turbomolecular pump having a pump main unit having, at least, a rotary vein provided on a rotor, a static vein for working in cooperation with the rotary vein to perform a vacuum exhaust, and a motor for driving the rotor, comprising: a controlling device that includes a motor driving circuit for converting into thermal energy, in a regenerative braking resistance, the regenerative electric current that is produced at the time of regeneratively driving the motor; and a cooling device for cooling the controlling device. A rod-shape heating resistive element is used as the regenerative braking resistance, where this resistive heating element is routed along the inner peripheral surface of an end portion 14a of the controlling device case that contacts the cooling device.

Abstract: The provision of the components requiring cooling on top of the cooling mechanism enables the cooling efficiency to be increased. Furthermore, a case of a control device is attached to the cooling mechanism whereon the components requiring cooling are disposed. The cooling mechanism fulfills the role of the contact surface of the case of the control device with the turbomolecular pump main unit, where the case does not have a case panel on the contact surface with the turbomolecular pump main unit. The cooling mechanism fulfills the role of one surface of the case for the control device, where the cooling mechanism is structured integrally with the control device. Additionally, the turbomolecular pump main unit, the cooling mechanism, and the control device are structured integrally by the turbomolecular pump main unit and the cooling mechanism being in contact.

Abstract: A data medium handling apparatus and a data medium handling method suitable for use for handling of documents, for example, in a financial organ. The data medium handling apparatus (30) for recognizing, based on an image (19) read from a data medium on which information is described in an arbitrary format, the information, is constructed such that it comprises means (2) for extracting characteristics unique to the data medium including the format from the read image data (19) and specifying, from the characteristics, a position at which information to be recognized is present, and image recognition means (3) for recognizing the image (19) at the position specified by the is preceding means (2) to discriminate the information, so that the data medium handling apparatus (30) can handle documents having various formats such as private slips.

Abstract: Characters of data on a document are recognized by automatically determining the definitions of characters of the data from the arrangement of character strings of the data. Character strings on the document are extracted by reading the document, and headers and data on the document are distinguished from each other by determining the positional relationship between the character strings. Character attributes of the data are determined by recognizing characters of the character strings of the headers using a header recognition dictionary. Characters of the character strings of the data are recognized according to the determined character attributes of the data. Since character attributes of the data are determined from recognized characters of the headers after the headers and the data are distinguished from each other from the layout on the document, it is possible to enter automatically the character attributes of the data.

Abstract: A character recognition apparatus, in which a type of each of accounts, a type of each of marks, and characteristic data indicating a string of characters recognized when any of the marks is written in each account are previously registered for each group of the types of accounts in correlation to each other in an account-type database; a mark is estimated according to a result of verification between the account-type database and a result of ordinary character recognition according to a character recognizing program; and a type of account having the estimated mark is determined as a selected account name according to a result of recognizing characters in accounts other than the account having the mark.

Abstract: In a resistance spot welder in which an operation of pressurizing an electrode is conducted by an electric servo motor, an amount of thermal expansion due to production of a weld nugget is detected every moment by reading an encoder which is incorporated in the servo motor. When the detected amount of thermal expansion reaches a preset reference value, it is judged that the weld nugget attains a predetermined strength, thereby stopping a current supply. According to this configuration, a predetermined amount of input heat is ensured, so that an excellent welding quality is surely obtained.